[Preliminary pages ix-xv only, of this Percy pamphlet; it concerns the debts and expenditure of George, Prince of Wales, later to become George IV, and has date at end: '19 June,1795'; a quotation from 'Johnson's Life of Milton', relating to money, is onthe verso of the final leaf; the writer is evidently sympathetic to the Prince of Wales and seems to be defending him from some recent charges of over-expenditure and failure to settle his debts; various anecdotes are told and Mr. Tattersall the, horse-auctioneer, is mentioned].
Published: 1795
Language: eng
Subjects: George -- IV, -- King of Great Britain.; Tattersall, Richard, -- 1724-1795.
Notes: A note in R. B. McDowell's edition of the 'Correspondence of Edmund Burke' (v. VIII) states: 'In April 1795 Parliament was asked to take into consideration the financial situation of the Prince of Wales, whose debts amounted to the incredible sum of £600,000. The Government proposed that his income should be considerably increased and that a portion of this increased increment should be devoted to the liquidation of his debts. The House of Commons was exceedingly critical of the Prince's extravagance andthe Government's proposals. The Government was compelled to modify its plan by providing that a larger slice of the Prince's new income should be devoted to debt redemption'.